Retreating US gives Israel billions more in military funding
Jan 21,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – RAMZY BAROUD Billions of US tax-payers’ money will continue to be funnelled into Israel in the next fiscal year, and for many years in […]
Awaiting the ‘Deal of the Century’
Jan 21,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – HASAN ABU NIMAH President Donald Trump is weighing whether to publish his so-called “Deal of the Century” before the Israeli elections on March 2, […]
BREAKING NEWS: USA to change the election system. Holding the coming presidential elections on ONE DAY?
Editor”s Note: Yes, the headline above is wishful thinking only. But please consider: Which country is more advanced: Indonesia or the United States of America Looking at the way the […]
Iraq ouster of foreign troops would show US ‘failure’ — analysts
By AFP – Jan 16,2020 – JORDAN TIMES BAGHDAD — When it invaded in 2003, the United States promised “Iraqi freedom,” democracy, and prosperity. But 17 years later, its […]
A story of how US’ power crumbled before its very own eyes
The author takes you on a journey of how the US lost its hold over the world and how its hegemony ended after so long when Russia and China […]
What after Soleimani’s assassination?
Jan 12,2020 – JORDAN TIMES – AMER AL SABAILEH The prospect of war is dominating concerns across the region, following the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by the US […]
Washington turns down Iraqi call to remove troops
By John Davison and Susan Heavey BAGHDAD/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington on Friday spurned an Iraqi request to prepare to pull out its troops, amid heightened U.S.-Iranian tensions after the U.S. […]
Pompeo says God may have sent Trump to save Israel from Iran
Source: BBC, March 2019 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said it is “possible” that President Donald Trump was sent by God to save Israel from Iran. In an […]
Trump simply wants to impose his personal will on Middle East
Jan 08,2020 -JORDAN TIMES – MICHAEL JANSEN US President Donald Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s cultural sites in retaliation for attacks on US forces in the region makes him a […]
Killing a people’s heritage is the weapon of choice among dictators
Trump, in his warmongering stupor, has proposed the same destruction dictators have used for centuries: ‘culturecide’, where future generations must grieve for their very essence, writes Robert Fisk @indyvoices 19 […]
White House skewered for failing to disclose meeting Trump had with Saudi deputy defense minister
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business January 7, 2020 New York (CNN Business)The White House faced sharp criticism from journalists on Tuesday after they learned that an Oval Office meeting […]
President Trump addresses the nation from the White House
January 8, 2020 Krishnadev Calamur President Trump addresses the nation from the White House on the ballistic missile strike that Iran launched against Iraqi air bases housing U.S. troops on […]
I was in Iraq during the assassination of General Soleimani. Trump has made a huge mistake
In death, it now seems the Major-General will achieve what he couldn’t in life Source: The Independent By Ali-Asghar Abedi, @AbediAA I would have been shocked by the news of […]
Trump breaks silence after Iranian rocket attack
By Nick Pearson 1:56pm Jan 8, 2020 9.news.com.au US President Donald Trump has responded with a tweet about the Iranian rocket attack on air bases in Iraq. More […]
Trump Assumption Mistaken About Dialogue With Iran
FINANCIAL TRIBUNE The US president is highly mistaken to assume that it can negotiate with Tehran the same way it holds talks with countries such as Saudi Arabia, says a […]
Iraq PM confirms receiving ‘signed’ US pullout letter
Tuesday, 07 January 2020 Amid confusion over a reported US letter to Iraq announcing the steps its military would take to move out of Iraq, Prime Minister Adel Abdul […]
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE : US insists military not withdrawing from Iraq after confusion over leaked letter
‘There’s been no decision whatsoever to leave,’ says Mark Esper Andrew Buncombe Seattle @AndrewBuncombe , Andrew Feinberg @AndrewFeinberg WWW.INDEPENDENT.CO.UK The US has been forced to deny it is planning to […]
‘Pay us back’: Trump says troops will not leave airbase unless Iraq compensates US
by Keith Koffler | January 05, 2020 President Trump Sunday said the United States would not abandon its airbase in Iraq unless the country paid billions for the cost […]
Trump threatens to slap sanctions on Iraq ‘like they’ve never seen before’
Published Sun, Jan 5 2020 by Joanna Tan CNBC @tan_joanna Key Points Tensions in the Middle East spiraled last week after Trump called for a U.S. airstrike in Baghdad […]
‘He was sent to us’: at church rally, evangelicals worship God and Trump
Friday’s rally recognized Trump’s need to retain the loyalty of the evangelical voting bloc that propelled him to victory in 2016 Richard Luscombe in Miami @richlusc Sat 4 Jan 2020 They came to pray with their president, though in truth many came just to worship him. Donald Trump’s Friday […]